Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-09-03

THE SPEEDY RETRIBUTION
WHICH OVERLOOK A
| NEGRO FIEND.
The Citizens Of Gui!ford County
Resort to Lynch Lac. Take al
Negro Charged uah a Heuaous
Crime out Of the Greensboro Jail
and Hang Him-Ihe JaiAer
Forced to Assist the Lynchers.
GREENSBORO, n. c., Aug. 25.-I
At Las o'clock this morning about
fifty masked men, mounted on horse.
back or driving iu buggles, rode into
town aud quietly called at tho resi-.
dence Of Mr. Wheeler, the jailer.
When he wss aroused they demand
ed that be give the keys o the Jail,
saying they had come to
LYNCH EUGENE HAIRsToH
and intended 10 have him. The
jailer positively refused to give up
the keys, ~whereupon the mob left
him, saying they would break the
8 lock and open the door. When they
arrived at the Jail, however, and
. crow bars were produced, the FIRST
= door soon ca,ne open, aud they
crowded inside. The keeper, fear.
ing other prisoners would escape,
directed them to
rvrp rDYo1~-r,,,o cow
Then another lock was broken which
gave them entrance &c the floor upon
which the prisoners cell was loca
ted. II was barred we'll. with three
heavy locks attached to the door
The men soon found that their i'm
plements were not sufficient to oil
bar this door, SO some went to
: blacksmith shop near by, broke ope'
,, the door aud secured a large sledge
: hammer, which, with a few rap
upon the locks, brought the prs
oner's
E DOOR WIDE OPEN.
'r The prisoner was lying dow
praying. The mob rushed in an
or seized him, enchanting, Stand up
Stand up, you black scoundrel !
n, The negro could hardly stand alone
His hands were tied behind him an
Z. then he was led out. put into
buggy with two men, and the mo
q, all very
=, QUIETLY MOVED OFF
in = southwest direction. They ca
r.ed him nearly one mile from tn
Jail where all halted and the negr
a WAS taken from the buggy, place
w. upon the ground under a large ire
-. aud WAS asked if he desired to prs.
being warned that he had only te
- minutes to live. After he had kne
~ in prayer he VAS placed upon
horse, with the rope around his nee
He was next asked if he had an,
thing to say. He tried to say som
~ thing, but
,as COULD HARDLY TALK.
N, Then the horse was gently Il
70, from under him snd be hung b
tween heaven and earth. He dis
- in fifteen minutes. His neck "
!. not broken While hanging, sever
= shots were fired, which entered t
breast. The mob did not again e
ter the city, hut departed in anoth
~, direction. The c"ronrr's inque
w. held this evening and the "
;. =. dict postponed until further inves
the CATION.
on II CRIME.
, at Las, Tuesday morning Hairst
!li' ~ walking on the Salem ltallro;
near Coltax, in this county. III
800 Mahala Sspr, the seventeen.year.t
daughter OF a worthy citizen, )
me Jes.e Sapp, VII" was rerarning IT.
~ a VISIT 10 kome ueighhors. eros.
ase the railroad ahead OF the negro.
walked fast, and overtaking her
some woods, made improper p
posals to her which, Of course, "
n. resented. He then took from
Al pocke, 3 revolver and threatened
:. kill her if she attempted tore
ss7 him. She screamed, and lie eau
and beat her with the revolver.
continued screams At last attrac
the attention Of . near neighl
who came TO her rescue. The ne
,,,, aed with his iendish crime untln
ed. He was arrested, brought
and lodged in Jail Tuesday nj
- He was about twenty years old.
ND Hrcu1 uH,c Aul1cl EiIEP